House Republicans grill US pipeline safety official on agency’s climate focus

House Republicans grill US pipeline safety official on agency’s climate focus

By Tom DiChristopher, SP Global (March 9, 2023)

“The nonprofit Pipeline Safety Trust submitted 22 recommendations, but Executive Director Bill Caram highlighted several priorities: removing a cost-benefit analysis requirement unique to PHMSA that “handcuffs” rulemaking, expanding the agency’s ability to regulate existing pipelines and replacing some performance-based rules with more prescriptive requirements.”